Xun Xi Shan Yin Zhe Bu Yu (寻西山隐者不遇) — Qiu Wei
A free printable Chinese handwriting worksheet for Qiu Wei's Tang dynasty poem "Xun Xi Shan Yin Zhe Bu Yu (寻西山隐者不遇)", with pinyin, stroke-order guides, and Chinese writing practice grids.
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Original Poem
绝顶一茅茨，直上三十里。
扣关无僮仆，窥室唯案几。
若非巾柴车，应是钓秋水。
差池不相见，黾勉空仰止。
草色新雨中，松声晚窗里。
及兹契幽绝，自足荡心耳。
虽无宾主意，颇得清净理。
兴尽方下山，何必待之子。
Pinyin
jué dǐng yī máo cí， zhí shàng sān shí lǐ。
kòu guān wú tóng pú， kuī shì wéi àn jǐ。
ruò fēi jīn chái chē， yìng shì diào qiū shuǐ。
chā chí bù xiāng jiàn， miǎn miǎn kōng yǎng zhǐ。
cǎo sè xīn yǔ zhōng， sōng shēng wǎn chuāng lǐ。
jí zī qì yōu jué， zì zú dàng xīn ěr。
suī wú bīn zhǔ yì， pō dé qīng jìng lǐ。
xīng jìn fāng xià shān， hé bì dài zhī zǐ。
English Meaning
At the very summit, one thatched hut — thirty li straight up. I knock: no servant; peering in: only table and stool. Perhaps he is off in his brushwood cart, or fishing the autumn stream. We missed each other by chance; my eager gaze meets nothing. Yet new rain greens the grass; pines sound through the evening window. Coming here, in this seclusion my heart is washed and content. Without a host's intent I still gained a quiet truth. When the pleasure is complete I go down the hill — why wait for the man himself?
Key Vocabulary
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Practice the Characters
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About the Poem
A visit poem by Qiu Wei of the Tang. The hermit is absent, yet the mountain supplies his company: rain-washed grass and wind in the pines teach the lesson the visit sought.
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